It’s Here! MapHook is now Available for Android in the Google Play Store!

Posted on May 20, 2013 by lisak

For weeks we’ve been telling you that a special surprise was coming to MapHook, and now it is finally here! We are so happy to announce that the MapHook mobile app is now available for Android users in the Google Play Store!

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The Android version of MapHook’s mobile app offers all of the same great features as the iPhone version of MapHook, including some of our newest features like logging in by using an existing Facebook account and the ability to create Stories (read more about Stories here). And, just like with the iPhone app, our Android users are able to easily share their Hooks via Facebook, Twitter, or e-mail right from the mobile app.

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If you have an Android device, check out the new app (which can be found here) and let us know what you think! We’d also love to hear comments and questions from our iPhone users, who can download the MapHook app from the iTunes stores (just click here)!

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A New MapHook Version is Here!

Posted on May 3, 2013 by lisak

A new version of MapHook (version 2.1.0) is now available in the iTunes store! Download this latest update to take advantage of a few new features and adjustments:

If you are a new MapHook user, you will certainly appreciate our addition of a short “how-to” guide upon your first launch of the app. If you’re not new to MapHook, you can simply click the “X” to quickly dismiss the guide.

IMG_1654 We’ve also made logging into MapHook easier; you can now log into MapHook using Facebook! As always, you can still push your Hooks to your Facebook account when you create them, and now they will look even better because we’ve worked hard to improve how Hooks display on your Facebook wall!

IMG_1658Speaking of appearances, you can now alter the appearance of your photos directly from MapHook before publishing your Hook. Want to make your picture black and white? Add a sepia tone? Give it an artistic flare? Just scroll through the photo editing options that now appear on the bottom of your screen when you’ve selected your photo!

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We have also added a “Clear All Badges” function under the “Tools” section of MapHook. If you’ve got push notifications that you need to clear, you can now do so with the simple click of a button!

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Our location and time zone display features have also been updated to improve the accuracy of how MapHook displays when and where your Hooks were created. If you have an iPhone 5, you can also now use 3D Map mode on MapHook. And, last but not least, we have updated and improved the ways that MapHook displays and interacts with Yelp.

We are so excited to bring you these new and improved MapHook features! Keep up with our blog, Facebook, and Twitter in the following weeks, because we will soon be unveiling a big, long-awaited surprise here at MapHook!

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Hundreds of Earth Hour 2013 Hooks!

Posted on March 29, 2013 by lisak

Earth Hour has come and gone, but the impressions left by those who participated will last a lot longer than 1 hour! Thank you to everyone who posted Hooks on MapHook showing us their plans and experiences. Take a look at what your fellow Earth Hour participants were doing for Earth Hour 2013:

Keri-anne in Dobrich, Bulgaria, hosted an event called “Quiz by Candlelight” at Marin’s Bar! http://www.maphook.com/t/qEA

 

Kateerinsandy from the United Kingdom has decided to have an “Earth Hour” every weekend! http://www.maphook.com/t/nEA

Eghuu from Slovenia shows us Ljubljana castle going dark for an hour! http://www.maphook.com/t/cEA

SofiVictoria and her family from Chile enjoyed a snack by candlelight for Earth Hour! http://www.maphook.com/t/7EA

Even tede’s dog participated in Illinois, USA! http://www.maphook.com/t/BEA

These are just some of the awesome Hooks we saw this year for Earth Hour 2013. There were so many participants! Take a look at the map:

Each Hook represents an hour of energy conservation, and there are about 280 Hooks from this year’s event; that’s the equivalent of over 11.5 days’ worth of earth hours! Thank you again for participating! If you participated in Earth Hour but haven’t yet posted your Hook, there’s still time. Check out the World Wildlife Fund’s Earth Hour Around You page by clicking here:

http://worldwildlife.org/pages/earth-hour-around-you

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MapHook and the World Wildlife Fund Partner for Earth Hour 2013!

Posted on March 14, 2013 by lisak

In 2012, MapHook partnered with the World Wildlife Fund to create a map showing the global reach of Earth Hour 2012. Earth Hour is a World Wildlife Fund-sponsored event in which people pledge to turn off their lights and electronic devices for one hour on the specified day.

 

We’ve partnered up again for Earth Hour 2013, which takes place on March 23 at 8:30PM (your local time), and we want to see how you and your community will be supporting this year’s Earth Hour. Let’s see if we can make this year’s Earth Hour map even fuller than last year’s!

 

It’s easy to participate. Simply visit the WWF’s Earth Hour Around You page and sign up for MapHook at the bottom of the screen (or follow the link that they give to sign in for current MapHook members).

 

Once you’ve created and/or signed into your account, just create a new Hook, select “WWF” as your main category, choose “Earth Hour” as your sub-category, and then tell us all about what you plan to do for Earth Hour! You can include photos, videos, website links, and more to show us exactly what your plans are for Earth Hour 2013. Once you save your Hook, it will display on the WWF’s public Earth Hour Map, and everyone will be able to see how just one Earth Hour equates to hundreds of unplugged hours around the world!

Here’s what our Earth Hour map looks like right now:

Sign up now, and help fill up the map!

https://worldwildlife.org/pages/earth-hour-around-you

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MapHook Makes Searching Simple!

Posted on February 27, 2013 by lisak

When you launch the MapHook mobile app or website, it automatically recognizes your location and will let you create a new Hook for exactly where you are at that time. However, did you also know that you can search for a different place if you’d like to create a Hook for a different place than your current location?

It’s simple! On the MapHook website, this search can be performed by pressing the green “Search” button in the upper right-hand corner of the map. A box will appear, and you will have the option to search using many different types of information.

If you’d like to search for a different location, simply select “address” in the “Location” box and enter the address for the location you’d like to choose!

You can also perform this search on the MapHook mobile app! Select the magnifying glass “search” icon from the home screen. This will take you to the search screen where you have the exact same search options as are available on the MapHook website!

Select “Map Center” if you’d like to search by address, select “by address,” and then enter the address of your desired location in the appropriate box!

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